page_title: 1978
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1978 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Kurt Gödel, one of the most significant logicians of the 20th century, as a student in Vienna. Deutsch: Portrait von Kurt Gödel, einem der bedeutendsten Logiker der 20. Jahrhunderts, als Student der Universität Wien
context_page_description: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: January 5 – Sally Eilers, American actress (b. 1908)
  January 6 – Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
  January 11 – Michael Bates, Anglo-Indian actor (b. 1920)
  January 13 – Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
  January 14
  Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1906)
  Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
  January 18 – Carl Betz, American actor (b. 1921)
  January 22 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
  January 23
  Terry Kath, American rock musician (Chicago) (b. 1946)
  Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
  January 26 – Leo Genn, English actor and barrister (b. 1905)
  January 27 – Oscar Homolka, Austrian actor (b. 1898)
  January 29 – Tim McCoy, American actor (b. 1891)
  January 30 – Marie-Louise Damien, French actress (b. 1889)
caption: Kurt Gödel
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